Crossroads

Fridays at 10pm, Sundays at 7pm

Crossroads is KMUW’s contemporary blues and soul show. Hosted by Chris Heim, the program highlights blues, R&B and soul from the post-war era to the present, from classic recordings to new releases, and from mainstream sounds to a diverse and wide-ranging collection of artists and recordings with roots in the blues and branches in nearly every other musical genre.

Throughout February, Crossroads highlights music from the blues and R&B winners of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards –this time including B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Etta James and a special salute to Bo Diddley. Listen for some of his classic recordings, a fascinating new Bo Diddley beat inspired song from Malian artist Samba Toure, and a special in hour two exploring how that beat inspired a wide array of songs and artists.

Throughout February, Crossroads highlights music from the blues and R&B winners of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards - including music in hour one from Muddy Waters, Booker T & the MGs and John Lee Hooker.

Crossroads wraps up its look back at the Best of 2014 by highlighting some of this year’s blues and blues-related Grammy nominees. Plus a birthday salute to R&B great Ruth Brown and a tribute to Bo Dollis, Big Chief of the Wild Magnolias, the first Mardi Gras Indian to commercially record and one of the Crescent City’s great Indian groups.

This week at the Crossroads, as part of the January Best of 2014 feature, it’s a special salute to the new Rock Hall of Fame inductees – the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bill Withers, the 5 Royales, and Stevie Ray Vaughan (including a Stevie Ray & Double Trouble special in hour two of the show).

Plus more favorites of the past year and a birthday salute to legendary R&B singer Etta James.

Crossroads continues the January feature highlighting the Best of 2014 – including show favorites this time from Billy Branch, the Holmes Brothers and Bob Corritore.

Also this time, Crossroads pays tribute to the many blues and soul artists who passed away in 2014 – including Johnny Winter, Bobby Womack, Teenie Hodges, Lee McBee James Wheeler, Finis Tasby, and Nick Charles - and in hour two a Paul Ingles special celebrating Joe Cocker.

Crossroads counts down the Top 20 blues favorites, plus two fine releases from local artists – the Terry Quiett Band (disbanding in 2015) and Rachelle Coba, to kickoff the January Best of 2014 feature.